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WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend, A Guide to Wireless Security

By Chris Hurley , Michael Puchol , Russ Rogers , Frank Thornton

Book information

Publisher
Syngress
Year
2004
ISBN
1-931836-03-5, 1-931836-31-0, 1-931836-37-X, 1-932266-83-6, 9781931836036
LCC
TK5102.85 .W37 2004
Open Library ID
OL22634824M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19195288 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
512\369
Library
ihtik
Time added
2009-07-20 05:12:22

Description

The practice of WarDriving is a unique combination of hobby, sociological research, and security assessment. The act of driving or walking through urban areas with a wireless-equipped laptop to map both protected and un-protected wireless networks has sparked intense debate amongst lawmakers, security professionals, and the telecommunications industry. This first ever book on WarDriving is written from the inside perspective of those who have created the tools that make WarDriving possible and those who gather, analyze, and maintain data on all secured and open wireless access points in very major, metropolitan area worldwide. These insiders also provide the information to secure your wireless network before it is exploited by criminal hackers. * Provides the essential information needed to protect and secure wireless networks * Written from the inside perspective of those who have created the tools for WarDriving and those who gather, maintain and analyse data on wireless networks * This is the first book to deal with the hot topic of WarDriving

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